Is there a gap between Maori student achievement and other student achievement in your school? Your department? How do your programmes of learning cater for Maori students in your classes? Do you have time in department meetings to discuss or model effective pedagogy for Maori students? How do you know what effective pedagogy for Maori students might be? What is Te Kotahitanga? Does it work? What does a ‘culturally appropriate pedagogy of relations’ really mean? This seminar will look at these and other questions, and will probably raise a whole lot more! It will develop ideas presented in English in Aotearoa, Issue 71 (July 2010), "Culture Counts: Power Sharing the English Classroom".
There will be time for discussion based around a self-reflection activity.
NB If you teach on one of the 49 Te Kotahitanga schools then this is probably not the seminar in this session for you. This workshop will act as an introduction to these key ideas.
What is Te Kotahitanga? Does it work? What does a ‘culturally appropriate pedagogy of relations’ really mean?
This seminar will look at these and other questions, and will probably raise a whole lot more! It will develop ideas presented in English in Aotearoa, Issue 71 (July 2010), "Culture Counts: Power Sharing the English Classroom".
There will be time for discussion based around a self-reflection activity.
NB If you teach on one of the 49 Te Kotahitanga schools then this is probably not the seminar in this session for you. This workshop will act as an introduction to these key ideas.
Jane's Story
Student voices
Teacher stories